Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I did ride a bike when I was a child.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Bikes surely are very popular in my country. People use them in the day-to-day life, to go to their work, to go to places to visit. So they are popular quiet.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 75.0Gợi ý: Answer directly and naturally. “Yes, I did ride a bike” is grammatically possible, but “Yes, I did” or “Yes, I had a bike” sounds more natural here. Add one brief specific detail, such as where you rode it or how you used it.
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I often rode it around my neighborhood after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 60.0Gợi ý: Give a clear answer, then support it with a specific reason or example. Use “certainly” or “definitely” rather than “surely” in this context, and say “in their daily lives” and “to commute to work.” Avoid repeating “popular”; also, “quite” means “fairly,” while “quiet” means “making little noise.”
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially in cities. Many people use them to commute to work or run errands because they are affordable and convenient.
× So they are popular quiet.
✓ So they are quite popular.
Quiet is an adjective meaning silent or calm. In this sentence, the student needs the adverb quite to modify the adjective popular. Place quite before popular: They are quite popular.